Knockdown box.



W. yJ. NBEBBS, JB.

KNOGKDOWN BOX.

APPLIOATIQN FILED'DBG. 5, 1907.

lPatented Nov. 2, 1909.

I. Wwwm WILLIAM J. NEEBES, JR, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

xNocxDowN Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December ,5, 1907. Serial No. 405,222. l

' Patented Nov. 2, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Je NEEBES, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knockdown Boxes, of which the following is a speciication.

The invention relates to knock down boxes, andhas for its objects; the provision of a knockdownbox in which the sections may be packed together in very compact and secure form when in knock-down condition;

the provision of a knock-down-box which` may be easily assembled and in which` the sections are rigidly held in position after the assembling; the provision'of a box which may be disassembled to disclose the contents with the least possible disturbance of such contents, and, in general, the provision of 4a simplified and improved forinof knockdown-box construction. One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accom-v panying drawings, in.which Figure l is a perspective view of the'box with-the sections assembled, Y' Figure 2 is a perspective view of the bo'x with thev top and side removed to' indicate thei arrangement of parts upon the inside, an

Figure 3 is a plan view of the inside of all of the sect-ions which go to make up the box. The box is adapted for a large variety of uses, and for the packingof a number of different classes of goods,but is designed Vespecially for use in the tobacco trade, where the custom is on inspection of the goods to turn the box containing the tobacco upsidedown spilling the contents upon the stripper, which operation tends todisarrange and break the tobacco. After this operation,'the tobacco is replaced which tends to -damage it further and cause additional loss.V

My box is so designed as to ermit of the intlhout s illing of t e contents and is so constructe sides and top of the box may be removed and again replaced with the least ossible disturbance and disarrangement of t e'contents of the box anda minimum amountof labor. v

Referring to the drawings andv particularly to Figure 3,- A is the bottom of the box,

B-B are the sides of the box, C-C are the ends of the box and D is the top'thereof.

The bottom A comprises a flat board carrying at either side 4the angle'members with against vertical movement. 5 and 7 are also provided with the locking recesses 9 for cooperating with the hooked members 10 on the transverse cleats 1ly carthat the thev angle-members 1.

provided in the bottom aiiges of the angles 1, the corners of the main side supporting the angles being cut away at 4 adjacentv the slots 3 as indicated in Figure 2. rlhe top' D of the box is similarly provided with angles 1 having flanges 2, the only distinction over the bottom member'being 1n the positioning of the slots 3, in the flanges 'of the angles which slots come adjacent the correspondin cut-away portions 4 in the main top boar as indicated in Figure 1. For convenience in construction themain .bottom and top members A and D are preferably made'in two sections as shown. The side members B-'-`B fit inside of the flanges 2 and are provided With the three transverse cleats 5, 6 and? each of which is provided at its lower end with a hooked member 8 for cooperating with the slots in the bottomv member A. To engage these hooks 8 with the slots 3, such hooks 8 are pushed through the openings 3 and the side'members then movedlongitudinally until the hooked portion of the meinbers 8 interlock with the flanges of the angles, thus securing such side members The end cleats v'ends of the bottom member so that the end members together with the -side members to whichthey .are locked are prevented from any movement longitudinally of the bottom member. After the end members have been Alocked in position the top-member D is placed in `position with the u per ends 13 .of the cleats 5, 6 and 7 exten ingthrough 'the slots 3 in such to member. The ends of the .cleats are provi' edlwith holes as shown,

andthe top member is clamped in 'position by. means of Cotter pins 14 passing through' these holes and engagin the to 'flange of 'Ighefendspof the top section D. overlap the ends of the eiid sections G (Figure 1), so that after the top iiov section has been locked to the side sections the end sections are also prevented from moving vertically. From the foregoing-it will be seen that the parts are held securely in position by the top section D, and that the parts as they are assembled successively lock the preceding parts from movementI in the direction necessary to free them.

The parts'may be very conveniently packed together by fitting the side members B between the upstanding anges 2 ofthe bottom member together with the end members C and then lacing over such members the top section l; whose side flanges 2 extend down and meet the upwardly extending side flanges of the lower section A, thus forming a sort of receptacle for the reception of the other sections of the box. v This function is accomplished b having the upstanding flanges 2 space apart a suiicient distance to` receive the sides and ends of the box' as will be apparent from Figure 3. When the .box is assembled, the flanges 2 serveto pro` `tect the edges of the side members and add considerably to the strength of the box. The various sections of the box are very quickly and easily assembled, and as only a slight movement in the plane of any one section is necessary to free it, the boxmay be disassembled for the inspection of the contents with a very light dlsarrangement of such contents. If an inspection of the entire con` tents ofthe box is unnecessary, the box may be only partially disassembled as by removing the top and one'or more of the sides and ends, thus leaving the other portions of the box in position to support the contents.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following p l. In combination in a knock-down-box, a bottom section provided. withl the slots 3, side sections having the hooks 8 for engaging the slots 3, and the end securing members 5 and 7, provided with the portions 12 projecting down past the ends of the vbottom section overlapping the same, end sections provided with the hooks 10 for engaging said securing members in the side sections, and a top section overlapping the end sections and detachably secured to the side sections.

2. In combination in a knockdown box, a bottom section provided along the edges with reinforcing strips having locking slots, side sections provided with remforcin strips projecting past the edgesv of the si e sections and provided with hooks for engaging the slots in the bottom section and locking- 'the bottom and side sections together on a relative longitudinal movement of the bottom section and side sections, and end sections provided with reinforcing strips projecting past the edges thereof and provided with means `for interlocking with the strips on the side sections on a ,vertical of the end sections. y l

3. In combination in a knock-down box, a bottom section provided 'along the edges with reinforcing portions having locking slots, side sections provided with reinforcing strips projecting past the lower and upper edges of the side sections and provided at their lower ends with hooks for enga ng the slots in the bottom section and loc "ng the bottom and side sections together on a relative longitudinal movement of the bottom and side sections, end sections provided with reinforcing strips projecting past the edges thereof, and rovided with means for interlockingv with t e strips on the side sections on a vertical movement of the end sec-r tions, and a top section overlapping the end sections and provided with openings for receiving the upper ends of the strips on the side sectlons.

4;. In combination in a knock-down box, bottom, side and end sections provided with interlocking hooks and slots, the side sections being constructed to interlock with the bottom section by a movement longitudinal thereof, and the end sections being constructed to project down past the ends of the bottom section overlapping the same and being locked to the side sectionsby a vertical movement, and a top section constructed to overlap the end members and prevent the yupward movement thereof, and detachably secured to the side members.

5. In combination in a knock-down box, bottom, side and end sections provided with linterlocking hooks and slots, the side sections being constructed to interlock with the bottom section by a movement longitudinal thereof in opposite directions, and the end sections being constructed to project down past the ends of the bottom section overla pingl the same and being locked to the si e sections by a vertical movement, and a top section constructed to overlap the endmembers and prevent the upward movement thereof, and detachably secured to the side members.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto si ned my name in the presence of the two suscribed witnesses. v

Witnesses PAUL CARPENTER,

'ALFRED Y. ANDREWS.

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